Ōkuninushi’s Tale - Japanese Myth

Ōkuninushi’s Tale - Japanese Myth - Extra Mythology

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Last we saw Ōkuninushi, he showed kindness to a hare in distress, and the hare of Inaba had foretold that he would be the one that the princess of Yakami would desire. And this was true, because when his 80 brothers showed up at court and declared their intentions, the princess insisted she would only marry him--so thus, his brothers began trying to kill him off...
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@extrahistory 5 жыл бұрын

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@LordBloodySoul 5 жыл бұрын

Japanese myths are pretty weird in general xD

@KaiserAfini 5 жыл бұрын

4:35 Just to check, did this mouse get burned by the flames and go on to wield a keyblade ?

@arturoreyescortez2476 5 жыл бұрын

@@KaiserAfini Mickey had many adventures before being a Keyblade Master.

@lordchickenhawk 5 жыл бұрын

Most myths have some kind of purpose and direction. The Australian Aboriginals have myths that serve as geographical guides. Myths from Western culture often serve as moral life guides. (Looking at you, Brothers Grimm...) Is it just me or does this Japanese myth seem to serve as a shaggy dog story? I seem to be missing something...

@brandonmurray2922 5 жыл бұрын

top 10 earliest records of anime protagonists

@carlpult5235 5 жыл бұрын

well let's be honest, if your dad has a snake-room, you might aswell have an anti-snake-scarf

@Carewolf 5 жыл бұрын

She probably made it after her first wouldbe lover got thrown into it..

@vfaulkon 5 жыл бұрын

True! You only need to lose your keys in that room once to learn that lesson.

@BothHands1 5 жыл бұрын

lol!

@Tenshi6Tantou6Rei 5 жыл бұрын

Now I just imagine a creepy crawlies arms race between her and her dad every time he add more rooms to fuck with her boyfriends

@patch-fm 5 жыл бұрын

You might as well eat them like snake.

@monroerobbins7551 5 жыл бұрын

Man, storm god was literally telling him ‘if you’re gonna steal my crap and my daughter, you better take good care of it, dammit!’

@virgianas157 5 жыл бұрын

True dad

@ZenoDLC 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, that storm god's name is Susanoo, the only one with the gall to throw a horse at the head god

@fumetsu4701 4 жыл бұрын

@@ZenoDLC Linfamy?? 😅😅

@ZenoDLC 4 жыл бұрын

@@fumetsu4701 No, unfortunately, just general myth knowledge

@fumetsu4701 4 жыл бұрын

@@ZenoDLC Oh I see

@firockfinion3326 5 жыл бұрын

Ōkuninushi: >gets killed by his brothers a second time His mom: "Aw shit, here we go again."

@ShinigamiSparda 5 жыл бұрын

*”ALRIGHT! CENTIPEDE AND WASP HOUSE TIME!”* I lost it at that. Also “well-meaning advice threats” is totally something I need to use somehow.

@exumbra1399 5 жыл бұрын

Well, I almost had a house centipede (the kind with really long legs) drop on my head while I was sitting on the toilet. Then, he scrambled away like an assassin that miscalculated an air-sassination.

@exumbra1399 5 жыл бұрын

@JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff. 4 жыл бұрын

@@exumbra1399 ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!

@justjoking5252 3 жыл бұрын

@@exumbra1399. Dang.

@GabyGibson 2 жыл бұрын

@ShinigamiSparda Yeah, I think that's a good idea

@Artista_Frustrado 5 жыл бұрын

this myth went places, none of the places I was expecting it to go mind you, but still

@odinjensen6698 4 жыл бұрын

._.

@mrf4ncyp4nts 5 жыл бұрын

God I love every single nations's "Too smart for their own good" parable - they're endlessly entertaining

@Pratchettgaiman 5 жыл бұрын

“Well-meaning advicethreats”

@gypsysprite4824 4 жыл бұрын

sounds about right for Susanoo

@DeaconArael 5 жыл бұрын

The princess literally vanished from the story :/ Suddenly, I now realise where that disposition for plot holes in manga comes from.

@Sewblon 3 жыл бұрын

Like when Misa Amane vanished from Death Note.

@mrartdeco 4 жыл бұрын

Storm God sees son-in-law eating centipedes Storm God : Ah I see, you’re a man of culture

@morthasa 5 жыл бұрын

Oddly, this myth is STILL more believable than the idea that it might be in any way possible to shout instructions at a cat and have them obey.

@Sunny-yw8pt 4 жыл бұрын

I have a cat and this is true

@oftenspanx 5 жыл бұрын

I fully understand the "because myths" nature of tales and legends and the sense they may or not make, but this one truly was a roller-coaster ride of plot-holes and "wut?" moments. Still, as ever and always, entertaining.

@danilooliveira6580 5 жыл бұрын

probably because its a mix bag of different variations on a older myth written by different people. that happens a lot with myths in general. also it does sound a lot like the kinda of story someone would tell around a fire to entertain children, something that is very common with a lot of Japanese myths.

@vfaulkon 5 жыл бұрын

Chekhov's Gun hadn't been invented yet, I suppose. :D

@falconJB 5 жыл бұрын

The instantly fall in love with stuff isn't so much "because myths" as it is because charismatic lechery. In The longer version its kind of a running theme that Okuninushi seduces and beds girls and then usually steals their fathers wealth and power. Some versions even has him turning into objects and animals in order to impregnate resistant targets.

@kolamoose8717 5 жыл бұрын

I think the original myth was two different but similar myths that got put together or parts got left out over time

@BonaparteBardithion 5 жыл бұрын

The sudden change of setting and romantic interest definitely sounds like two stories cobbled together , like someone just wanted to add the 80 murderous brothers to a story that started with someone going to the underworld for no given reason.

@oceanman3804 4 жыл бұрын

Storm God: “ Hello MTV, welcome to my crib. This is the the snake room, where I keep my slivery bois”

@Kefkaesque13 5 жыл бұрын

Is it just me, or does the Storm God kinda come across as a tsundere at the end there? "You and my daughter better have a long and happy marrige, b-baka!"

@falconJB 5 жыл бұрын

More of standard angry father, once they get out of the underworld, where he can't follow them, he just yells, "If you don't take care of my daughter I swear to me that I'm going to make you pay."

@herman1francis 5 жыл бұрын

It's not like I respect you as a son in law or anything... Baka...

@azzzanadra 5 жыл бұрын

@@herman1francis father-in-law.... i ....

@enbyfrogz6766 4 жыл бұрын

if you wanted me to die you could have just said so.

@brycevo 5 жыл бұрын

Heckin sleepy Snek house is so cute

@brycevo 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the ❤️

@ZoriZM 5 жыл бұрын

"look at the centipedes on your head!" Says the guy who owns a snake room and other weird insect room, who probably doesn't even know anything about beekeeping.

@haalandbraut3295 3 жыл бұрын

They're wasps.

@ginnyjollykidd 3 жыл бұрын

There's a difference between centipedes being on your head and (barf!) in your mouth!

@coltbolt6193 5 жыл бұрын

Okuninushi: "80 brothers, I've come to bargain."

@fuckitweballin759 5 жыл бұрын

Okuninushi: Storm god...i have come to bargon

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 5 жыл бұрын

Bargain?

@OzzieTheHead 5 жыл бұрын

barge in

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 5 жыл бұрын

@@OzzieTheHead No.

@hipwave 5 жыл бұрын

Whoever invented this fable conjured it up as he was talking.

@Sunny-yw8pt 4 жыл бұрын

Dnd campaign

@thegreenlightbulb6573 5 жыл бұрын

2:08 “His mother was a Goddess” WELL THEN

@Carewolf 5 жыл бұрын

This entire story is actually about divine curling parenting.

@KanaiIle 5 жыл бұрын

This myth is more random and confused than the balancing team of world of tanks. Well, not quite, but close.

@maxthecharacter1296 5 жыл бұрын

So...the story forgets about the hare...the princess whom wanted to marry him and...his new father-in-law gives him great advice despite the fact that the guy caused his whole house to come down... Huh...neat.

@maplesyrupman5327 5 жыл бұрын

To be fair he still has the snake house and wasp and centipede so he'll probably be fine.

@maxthecharacter1296 5 жыл бұрын

Holy Maple Syrup Man /Jack Lol

@TrueFlameslinger 5 жыл бұрын

Oddly, Mythical gods seem to respect when someone outwits them, and rewards them for literally beating a god.

@maxthecharacter1296 5 жыл бұрын

True Flameslinger Tell that to the Greek gods

@TrueFlameslinger 5 жыл бұрын

@@maxthecharacter1296 The Greek gods are weird sometimes.

@daniellin1726 5 жыл бұрын

"Advice threats." The true weapons of a tsundere God.

@pyrosianheir 5 жыл бұрын

That is some Wile E. Coyote shiz that Okuninushi had to deal with.

@cristaltophat 5 жыл бұрын

"He lights the marsh on fire" Me: That sounds very insufficient, but y'know myths.🤷‍♀️

@feb4252 4 жыл бұрын

Marshes can have layers of peat, that do burn like hell and leave holes in the ground, so this part sounds pretty realistic to me

@pithemathyt7099 5 жыл бұрын

"GO SLEEP IN THE SNAKE ROOM!" Dream come true

@FredericoLohmannJr 5 жыл бұрын

One more case of "WTF, Japan?" 💕

@TheJiamy 5 жыл бұрын

I love how much continuity could be saved if like... The first princess was the daughter of the Storm King, and the storm King invited his 80 brothers in the hopes his daughter would marry one of them, and he only invited the 81st and last brother as a courtesy to said brother's mum

@codysonic1 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that would solve the continuity isu

@maggintons 5 жыл бұрын

Japanese Mythology is world renowned for its intense descriptions of Tank warfare.

@Amehana 5 жыл бұрын

Honestly I think Lord Susanoo would own a few tanks and probably plays WoT.

@chanbricks4461 3 жыл бұрын

Curse you gold spammers!- Susanoo, probably

@stephenflint3640 5 жыл бұрын

4:40 A Skaven Mickey? What kind of Chaos spawned horror is this!?!

@samuelv477 5 жыл бұрын

Finally! These myths are truly a real eccentric and uniqe pieces of this channel, providing so many information, knowledge and fun facts about a culture's demographics and lives. Thank y'all for making these masterpieces! BRO

@BeyondDaX 5 жыл бұрын

Bro

@samuelv477 5 жыл бұрын

bruh

@guardsmanlars6797 5 жыл бұрын

Bruther

@Clodsire_lover Жыл бұрын

*“GO SLEEP IN THE SNAKE ROOM.”* *”ALRIGHT. CENTIPEDE AND WASP HOUSE TIME.”* *”GOOD RIDDANCE”*

@adamsteen9998 4 жыл бұрын

My favourite part was "his brothers were trying to kill him.... So he ran away and hid in the land of the dead" Like, good job buddy x

@elemperadordemexico 5 жыл бұрын

Aztec or Mayan mythology is definitely interesting and very bloody

@Ajehy 5 жыл бұрын

Jorge Myles - interesting nite on Aztec mythology: If you die in battle, childbirth or as a sacrifice, you go to warrior-paradise with the Hummingbird Warrior god. If you die of anything else, you have to make a long dangerous journey to get reborn and try again. That shows why they were so OK with sacrifice.

@bazingaburg8264 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ajehy Thank you ^^ While i love the stories myths tell, their cultural function is what interests me most about them. Regarding "ok with sacrifice": Christians are ok with the sacrifice of Jesus, because we're the benefitiaries. The ends justify the means so much that stopping that vile act would have condemned the conscionable person responsible for the rescue along with all of humankind. A doctrinal detail rarely mentioned in church, because it's so counter to modern moral understanding. Cherry-picking for the win, i guess.

@ernestodeltoro3690 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve waited for this for so long thank you so much

@Jebbtube 5 жыл бұрын

I know myths tend to be rather contrived, but this one seems particularly contrived.

@JackDesert 4 жыл бұрын

two versions pushed together.

@Budymierdas 5 жыл бұрын

Okuninushi: *Gets tricked into the marsh* Storm god: Yare yare daze...

@matthewmcneany 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a teacher and I regularly make use of advise-threats.

@MarkWTK 5 жыл бұрын

im surprised nobody mentioned that your Storm God voice sounds like the Floating Heads from Rick & Morty 😂😂😂

@AnaxErik4ever 5 жыл бұрын

Awwww. This episode is brought to you by unquenchable sibling jealousy, helpful goddesses, magic scarves, and sleepy snakes. And that Susano-o... what a dude; typical man, covering up their elation with trying to act strong and stoic/threatening death if their daughters aren't treated right.

@msbroomstick1 5 жыл бұрын

He probably married both princesses in the original. Used to be pretty common in Japan (and many many other cultures)

@codysonic1 Жыл бұрын

So Harem genre existed in Myths too huh?

@msbroomstick1 Жыл бұрын

@@codysonic1 the word harem describes a real thing that happened irl. Why won't it be in myths?

@iicatoreoz2713 5 жыл бұрын

*_This is the only way I like learning about history! This channel makes it interesting to me. Keep up the good work!!_*

@duchi882 5 жыл бұрын

*Oh look* It's that traveling merchant from the Legend of Zelda

@cristaltophat 4 жыл бұрын

*"Wow"*

@SwampySauceGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, I JUST found your channel and have watched like 8 vids in a row lmao. Lovin' the content man. You're super funny and the videos are really well done.

@damonmealor9701 5 жыл бұрын

Advice Threats! 😂 Copyright that posthaste!

@marygebbie6611 5 жыл бұрын

this video was awesome. love your sense of humor XD

@Mike-os3pt 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm, that mouse sounds familiar.

@Salman_Himself 5 жыл бұрын

Love your channel

@72josse 5 жыл бұрын

I loved this motivational screaming

@Salman_Himself 5 жыл бұрын

Love your contents

@NeoYgdrassyl 5 жыл бұрын

The silliness of these myths is so incredible

@CuleChick11 5 жыл бұрын

Advice-threats is my new favorite motivational speaking technique.

@snugglepuff 5 жыл бұрын

This makes me feel like a lil kid and my dad reading me stories again lol I love it

@markbeardwood Жыл бұрын

"They heated up a bolder until it was red hot, then they rolled it down the hill shouting all kinds of gifts for all kinds of people, Etsy has it." Sometimes commercials come up at just the right time.

@Bookdragon11 Жыл бұрын

I love when that happens 🤣🤣. One of the few times I'm not gonna be mad at them for disturbing the video 👌😄.

@thaipankatima2234 5 жыл бұрын

zoey's always my favorite part in your stories.

@starsaur6664 5 жыл бұрын

The sass and sarcasm in this video is wonderful. 😂

@miguelarroyo3268 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, you are making my Japanese studies so much easier to understand.

@user-xq5og9lt8p 5 жыл бұрын

You better keep producing high quality educational videos, you smartasses!!!

@brotherbacchaddarneter5839 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like my dad would yell the same advice-threats but without being mad just whenever...MY DAD IS A STORM GOD

@cyberqueen201 5 жыл бұрын

The fact that the mouse had a Mickey mouse voice just makes this better

@dragonbane-ys7uj 5 жыл бұрын

hi i really loved the vid and i really enjoy the history and sifi

@Sfaxx 5 жыл бұрын

Hi guys! Why can't I find ExtraMyth theme song? It so awesome and atmospheric! BTW, you are unbelievable, keep going! How about Gaulish War for Extra History?😉

@Ajehy 5 жыл бұрын

I read that as “goulash war”. And now I want to see that

@paulnash6944 5 жыл бұрын

Me and the boys excitedly watching Extra Credits: [Insert image of Spiderman villians]

@user-fu1yt7vb8h 5 жыл бұрын

Paulfuss Entertainment me and the 81 gods arriving at the princesses

@abcdef27669 5 жыл бұрын

Best meme of 2019. And we just at the first half of the year.

@Tiredofthisshit 4 жыл бұрын

Dope job on the story and art.

@uttamdas5834 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS YT CHANEL AND THE INTRO AND OUTROOOOOOOOOO

@zipsnap 5 жыл бұрын

I love these!

@tanqs789 5 жыл бұрын

As a sequel to the story, Yagamihime (the one the hare predicted) was brought back to Izumo. But Susanoo's daughter got jealous, Yagamihime scared, she leave her baby behind and run haha. And Okuninushi went to Koshi to court some princess. Susanoo's daughter get even more jealous. Izumo dislike and left for trip across Yamato (or simply, the rest of Japan). They reconcile and.... I'm lazy to type more haha

@tanqs789 5 жыл бұрын

大国主の国づくり

@tanyagautam2924 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@extrahistory Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for supporting the show Tanya! ❤

@Trollvolk 4 жыл бұрын

Damn I love your vids XD

@annebaskerville6062 5 жыл бұрын

Where do you get all of your video ideas? They are super cool to watch! Keep it up!👍

@zayaweight9579 4 жыл бұрын

This feels like a narration of a dream

@obviously- 4 жыл бұрын

"WOW... who knew motivational screaming was helpful!" My favorite sentence ever.

@jamcdonald120 5 жыл бұрын

every time you do your storm god voice I cant help but think of the death of the disk

@Maharaja_of_Punjab 5 жыл бұрын

Oh finally the new episode

@mryurei8656 5 жыл бұрын

The princess had 4 fingers on one hand and 3 on the other. Okayyyy

@vegimitesandwich4229 5 жыл бұрын

You make great videos

@user-ur3ew9rz3v 2 жыл бұрын

Oki: eats centipedes Susanoo: so metal

@loupiscanis9449 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@calar8 5 жыл бұрын

So the moral of the story is... you don't need to be strong or cunning to be a hero, you just need to have others do everything for you?

@Vibranium603 3 жыл бұрын

The comments underneath are gold. This video is gold. All gold!

@thebakerofbananabread3237 5 жыл бұрын

I've never laughed so much at a still frame, text-less image as I had at 5:41

@KnaveMurdok 5 жыл бұрын

WOW! I love the Storm god's voice SO MUCH!!

@mcphan6881 3 жыл бұрын

Even though its mythology, theres no hiding the fact that the World of Tanks sponsor is a reminder for you to Extra History.

@khufra6503 5 жыл бұрын

Thx for the idea dude for the centipede thing

@holypotato6817 5 жыл бұрын

YEEEESHHH! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS- *Sees world of tanks logo* Omg.....*Internal screaming*

@johnbritinburg8276 5 жыл бұрын

Is that Reptile Care book supposed to have a deeper meaning?

@szymonszwed6538 5 жыл бұрын

I love your vids.

@lesmis16 5 жыл бұрын

The mascot and flag at the end of the story is for the current day Izumo City in Shimane Prefecture. The City's main claim to fame is Izumo Taisha, a shrine that used to be the tallest structure in ancient Japan and is dedicated to Okuninushi. People go here to pray for en-musubi, fateful encounters, and every fall it's said that all of the gods and goddesses in Japan with leave their shrines throughout the country and gather here to eat, drink, and decide what kinds of connections people will make in the next year. Izumo and Shimane Prefecture as a whole is an awesome place where you can explore sights related to mythology! (It's estimated that about one thrid of Japan's founding mythology take place in Shimane and neighboring Tottori Prefecture)

@saint23thomas 5 жыл бұрын

You can almost see the seams where some madman just stitched three unrelated stories together.

@frenchbread952 4 жыл бұрын

The mouse part was the best one XD.

@damedesuka77 5 жыл бұрын

That Mickey Mouse style voice-over... I'm dead 😂😂 Edit: Wow apparently that's not even the wildest part of this story. This myth is super interesting.

@DaemonPrimarch Жыл бұрын

This has some bizarrely specific parallels to the story of Hunahpu and Xbalanque.

@turtleshell3590 5 жыл бұрын

Those deaths are even crazier than all those hundred of ways to die games on the internet...

@jerolvilladolid 5 жыл бұрын

It almost sounds like a story someone smoking crack, who havent slept for 5 days, wouldve wrote.

@Colopty 5 жыл бұрын

That just about sums up all of mythology.

@yansakuya1 4 жыл бұрын

@@Colopty No.

@dealyuh 5 жыл бұрын

THE MOUSE PART KILLED ME

@capivara6094 3 жыл бұрын

That's what my dreams look like

@arturoreyescortez2476 5 жыл бұрын

4:35 Mickey Mouse: "And that is how I saved a guy that was tricked by his father-in-law." Sora: "Where does that story fit with your black and white adventure, your Three Musketeers adventure and your training to be a Keyblade Master?" Mickey: "I had many adventures over more than half a century, Sora."

@zitzak2794 4 жыл бұрын

That mouse was really nice XD

@DemonDante1000 3 жыл бұрын

You know, I would have loved, and died laughing if, rather than the storm god saying "thats so bad...", he instead said "That's metal." That would have....just been perfect.